Dai Feng, the second shopkeeper of Tongtianxia Logistics under Liang Ji's name, looks much better than when he was in Jianjing, and it is quite a bit of a taste that gets older and spicier. When Xu Liang walked into the study, Dai Yingying was standing in front of the window with his old father and chatting about the past. Seeing Xu Liang coming in, Dai Yingying turned around and made Xu Liang a cup of tea, nodded at Xu Liang with a chuckle, retreated, and gave up the study to Dai Feng and Xu Liang.

Xu Liang opened his arms, laughed, stepped forward to give Dai Feng a bear hug, and patted the old man's shoulder, this enthusiasm made Dai Feng quite uncomfortable, he pushed Xu Liang away embarrassedly, and bowed to Xu Liang: "Subordinate Dai Feng has seen adults." ”

"You don't have to be polite to wear the shopkeeper." Xu Liang smiled and waved his hand and said: "The shopkeeper Dai is far away in Jianchang, and he is very grateful for his hard work and hard work." ”

"Your Excellency is serious." Dai Feng saw that Xu Liang said so politely, he couldn't help but be very useful, and said happily: "The old man and Lord Ge are entrusted by the adults to take care of Jianchang Liang Ji soap paste and the logistics of the world, and they feel a heavy responsibility, and they have done their best for half a year, but fortunately they have lived up to the trust of the adults." ”

"Oh?" Xu Liang said: "The official has been busy with miscellaneous matters recently, and he has not had the time to ask about Jianchang. ”

"Yes." Dai Feng nodded, straightened out his thoughts, looked at Xu Liang and said slowly: "The adults were suddenly transferred out of Jianchang, and the subordinates and others were unexpected. After the adults left, Lu Zhixian and Jiang Zhushu were deeply hostile to Liang Ji, and they looked for trouble a few times, and their subordinates remembered the teachings of the adults, tolerated in many ways, and were careful in everything, but they did not let Lu and Jiang find a big fork. Soon, Lu Chengyuan was also transferred back to the capital, leaving Jiang Zhunan alone, and the successor of Jianchang Zhixian was kind and kind, Liang Ji's life gradually improved. ”

"Now Tongtianxia and Liang Ji complement each other, Liang Ji soap paste has been sold to Liangguang, Fujian and other provinces with the support of Tongtianxia Logistics, a few years ago we opened distribution stores in Nanzhili and Jingshi, and at the same time Tongtianxia Logistics is based on land and water shipping, taking into account the business of cars and horses, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, and the canal Cao Gang, salt merchants, cloth merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, grain and oil merchants have established business contacts."

Dai Feng said unexpectedly: "At present, we have the world's logistics on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River, and we can be regarded as a few big businesses." ”

Xu Liang nodded again and again, and was full of praise for the achievements of Dai Feng and others: "You can make Liang Ji bigger and make the situation bigger, which is really surprising and surprising to this official." What will Liang Ji do in the future, do you have any ideas for the shopkeeper Dai? ”

Dai Feng arched his hand and said: "The old man came to Shaanxi this time just to ask for instructions from adults. Before coming, Master Ge had discussed with the old man, and the two subordinates both thought that they should take advantage of the great good shape and continue to expand Liang Ji. ”

"How?" Xu Liang asked.

Dai Feng took a sip of tea and said: "My subordinates think that Liang Ji wants to be bigger, and the first thing is to gain a foothold in the Jiangnan territory. ”

Xu Liang nodded, looked at Dai Feng, and encouraged him to continue.

Yes, what Dai Feng said is not wrong at all. More than eighty percent of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are in Jiangnan, and the importance of Jiangnan to Liang Ji is self-evident.

Dai Feng was greatly encouraged, and continued with high spirits: "The second is Shuzhong, the country of Sichuan Tianfu, the wealth of Shu, for the world's side, this kind of money, it's a pity not to make money." ”

Xu Liang nodded again, Sichuan is also a rich land, and it is rumored that the king of Shu in Sichuan is rich and rivals the country, which shows the wealth of Shu.

Xu Liang looked at Dai Feng and asked him to continue.

Dai Feng was slightly stunned and said, "I think of these for the time being, and I have to make up my mind how to do it." ”

Xu Liang closed his eyes and pondered, his fingers tapped on the countertop, and after a while, he opened his eyes and said: "The two points that the shopkeeper Dai just mentioned, the official agrees. At the same time, I would like to add two points. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak." Dai saw that his expression was shocked, and he said solemnly.

"First, Beijing is the center of the Ming Dynasty, and its importance is by no means lower than that of Jiangnan and Sichuan, and it should be regarded as the primary direction of development. Second, now that the official is an official in Shaanxi, although this place is poor and not peaceful enough, for the sake of convenience in the future, Shaanxi must not give up. ”

"Yes," Dai Feng nodded yes, and after thinking about it for a while, he said convincingly: "It's still an adult who is thoughtful, and his subordinates and others are ashamed of themselves." ”

"Okay, you don't have to be too humble when you wear the shopkeeper." Xu Liang said with a smile, "In two days, the official will introduce a person for the shopkeeper Dai, and the shopkeeper will have a good relationship with him, and it will be much more convenient to act in Shaanxi." ”

"Who?"

"Jingzhou rich gentleman Liang Yinxian." Xu Liangdao, seeing Dai Feng's confused face, smiled and beckoned: "When I see me in the future, Shopkeeper Dai naturally knows, the people in the living room can't wait now, let's go to dinner first." ”

Dai Feng accompanied Xu Liang to the living room, most of the people who were eating and drinking in the hall were old people from Jianchang, and when they saw Dai Feng, they were naturally very close.

In a blink of an eye, on March 15 of the first year of Chongzhen, according to Xu Liang's mention, on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, all the officials and miscellaneous officials of the Zhenyuan County Ya had to be in the county Ya Da Mao, the purpose was to decide the affairs of the town in the second half of the month, and by the way to solve the problems left by the departments in the first half of the month.

Xu Liang relieved himself to hand over the government affairs of Zhenyuan County to the county Cheng Huang Dao Zhou and Dian Shi He Cheng, but it did not mean that Xu Liang would leave the government affairs of Zhenyuan County alone. When Xu Liang worked in the company in his previous life, one of the most important management experiences he learned was high-level decision-making, middle-level management, and grass-roots implementation. In Zhenyuan County, Xu Liang is a well-deserved high-level decision-maker.

In the hall of Zhenyuan County, the large and small officials of Zhenyuan County are gathered together, which is very similar to the meaning of the Standing Committee of the government departments in the previous life. Xu Liangduan sat behind the county government desk, looked at the officials, and saw the three newly arrived officials who were sitting in danger, Guo Tianxu, the original chief secretary of the town, Liu Yong and Chen Zhen, the inspector, coughed lightly, and said: "Some time ago, the official went out for a while, and I didn't want to come back, Lord Guo, Lord Liu and Lord Chen have already arrived, and I don't catch up with the reception banquet of the three adults, and the official expresses deep regret. ”

Guo Tianxu and the three of them were a little embarrassed when they heard this, and the county Cheng Huang Daozhou coughed lightly and explained: "Lord Hui, that ...... The reception banquet of the three adults...... I haven't done it yet......"

"Huh? ......" Xu Liang exclaimed, his eyes looked at Huang Daozhou's disapproving eyes, his heart moved slightly, and he hurriedly said: "Since it hasn't been done yet, it's better to hurry up as soon as possible, today is the fifteenth, let's make up a table tonight." As he spoke, he looked at Guo Tianxu and the three of them, and said apologetically: "How can you say that the three of them were sent to Zhenyuan from Pingliang Mansion, although Zhenyuan is poor, they can't afford this meal!" ”

Zhenyuan Zhixian said it so solemnly, Guo Tianxu and the other three couldn't be indifferent, and they got up one after another to thank them.

After the three of them sat down again, the county Cheng Huang Daozhou got up and faced Xu Liang and began to state the main government affairs of Zhenyuan in the next month or two.

Huang Xiancheng said one by one neither fast nor slow, and his tone was just right, and it sounded a little rhyming. Xu Liang listened carefully, but his brows furrowed.

Money, lack of money, lack of money in Zhenyuan County!

Huang County is full of governance programs, but there are few that have really been put into action. Most of them had to stop work because Zhenyuan County couldn't come up with the money. Like opening up wasteland, giving seeds to the people, supporting farm tools, digging reservoirs and livestock water, etc., which one does not cost money? Just repairing the almost dry reservoir on the outskirts of the county has to cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the Zhenyuan county government will never be able to come up with the money to repair the reservoir, and the reservoir will not be repaired until the summer and autumn, based on the climate of the town in the past two years, it is speculated that most of the fields are watered without water, and without water to irrigate the land, the crops will have to die in the ground, and the people will have no food to eat, and there will be turmoil and thieves in all directions......

Xu Liang felt a little big when he thought about it, and he didn't know when Huang Daozhou had stopped talking, and the officials in the hall were quietly waiting for Xu Liang to make an idea.

Xu Liang sighed, looked at Mao Yujie, the head of the house, and asked, "How much silver will it cost to state a few items in Huang County?" ”

Director Mao's face was gloomy, the county government had no money, and he couldn't stand up straight. Director Mao said in a deep voice: "Lord Hui, my subordinates are expected to need at least 26,000 taels of silver. ”

"Do we have so much money in the county government?" Xu Liang asked with a wry smile.

Director Mao smiled more bitterly than Xu Liang, "My lord, even if you count the copper plate in the treasury, it will not exceed five hundred taels of silver." ”

"Huang Xiancheng, have you heard clearly?" Xu Liang said.

Huang Xiancheng was anxious, "My lord, the official of the county government is naturally clear, but seeing that spring planting is imminent, if the government does not help, more people in my town will starve to death, my lord, you have to think of a way?" ”

Xu Liang rolled his eyes, spit out a rough breath, waved his hand and said, "No money, any plan is a pile of rotten paper!" Seeing that Huang Daozhou was still looking at him with expectant eyes, he said helplessly: "In this way, those projects that cost a lot will be ignored for the time being, and the people will take food as the sky, and the seeds of spring planting will be implemented first." Mao was in charge and spent all the money in the treasury to buy seeds. ”

"Yes." Director Mao responded, "It's just that little bit of silver in the light warehouse is also a drop in the bucket, and it doesn't help." ”

Xu Liang nodded heavily, and said to Huang Xiancheng: "The day after tomorrow, the official invited Liang Yuanwai from Jingzhou to drink tea at the mansion, and at that time, Lord Huang might as well go to the mansion to sit down, and maybe he can make a little bit of a relationship from Liang Yuanwai." ”

When Huang Daozhou heard this, his expression moved, and he nodded solemnly.

After Huang Daozhou retreated, Shi Hecheng of Zhenyuan followed up and reported to the officials in the court the results of the court's handling of the case of Wei Zhongxian, the former eunuch of Bingbi and the eunuch of Dongchang, but judging from the expressions of everyone, most people had obviously obtained the news in advance from different channels, so they were not too surprised to hear it.

After He Dianshi finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the hall. At this time, a government official walked into the hall quickly, and reported to Xu Liang behind the desk: "Report to the county, Lord Hong, the prefect of Pingliang, please go to the prefect's yamen immediately, and have important matters to discuss!" ”

Xu Liang sighed in his heart, what would happen to Hong Chengchou, the prefect of Pingliang, who was in a hurry to find himself at this time? Due to the hurry to go to Pingliang Mansion, the remaining issues were naturally postponed, and Xu Liang was about to announce the dismissal of the meeting, when he saw the new Zhenyuan Yicheng Chen Zhen get up and shouted: "Lord County, the lower officials have something important to report." ”

"What's the matter, tell me quickly!"

"Ahem," Chen Yicheng said: "The Zhenyuan Post Station has just been restored, and there is an urgent shortage of personnel and materials, and the officials who are staying in don't even have a decent bed......

Before Chen Yicheng finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Liangshengsheng: "No money!" ”

Chen Yicheng was stunned, and watched Xu Liang run in front of him like a gust of wind and leave the county hall.